• A Palestinian farmer rides his tractor at a field near the West Bank city of Jenin. EPA
    A Palestinian farmer rides his tractor at a field near the West Bank city of Jenin. EPA
  • People stage a sit-in opposite members of the Spanish Civil Guard near the border with Morocco in Ceuta. Morocco suspended air and sea links with France and Spain, and closed its border with two Spanish North African enclaves, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said. AFP
    People stage a sit-in opposite members of the Spanish Civil Guard near the border with Morocco in Ceuta. Morocco suspended air and sea links with France and Spain, and closed its border with two Spanish North African enclaves, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, officials said. AFP
  • A bird looks for food after a thunderstorm in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
    A bird looks for food after a thunderstorm in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters
  • A man draws a graffiti mural commemorating the ninth anniversary of the war in Syria on the collapsed roof of a heavily damaged building in the town of Binnish in the northwestern Idlib province. AFP
    A man draws a graffiti mural commemorating the ninth anniversary of the war in Syria on the collapsed roof of a heavily damaged building in the town of Binnish in the northwestern Idlib province. AFP
  • Pigeons flutter in front of the Erbil citadel during the first day of lockdown in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
    Pigeons flutter in front of the Erbil citadel during the first day of lockdown in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. AFP
  • Employees of the Fatih Municipality disinfect the Hagia Sophia to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Istanbul. AFP
    Employees of the Fatih Municipality disinfect the Hagia Sophia to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Istanbul. AFP
  • A few Palestinian worshippers pray at a mosque during the usually crowded weekly Friday prayers, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, in the West Bank town of Hebron. AFP
    A few Palestinian worshippers pray at a mosque during the usually crowded weekly Friday prayers, in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, in the West Bank town of Hebron. AFP
  • An impact crater in the aftermath of US military air strikes at a militarised zone in the Jurf al-Sakhr area in Iraq's Babylon province . AFP
    An impact crater in the aftermath of US military air strikes at a militarised zone in the Jurf al-Sakhr area in Iraq's Babylon province . AFP
  • A camel waits at an overlook by the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren), and Pyramid of Menkaure (Menkheres) at the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital. AFP
    A camel waits at an overlook by the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), Pyramid of Khafre (Chephren), and Pyramid of Menkaure (Menkheres) at the Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital. AFP
  • A Tunisian public health worker disinfects the ground at a market in Tunis. AP Photo
    A Tunisian public health worker disinfects the ground at a market in Tunis. AP Photo
  • Demonstrators carry national flags and banners during an anti-government protest in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters
    Demonstrators carry national flags and banners during an anti-government protest in Algiers, Algeria. Reuters
  • People walk at the corniche watching the sea as authorities ordered the closure of restaurants, nightclubs, coffee shops and bars as part of the preventive measures against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on Hamra Street in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA
    People walk at the corniche watching the sea as authorities ordered the closure of restaurants, nightclubs, coffee shops and bars as part of the preventive measures against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on Hamra Street in Beirut, Lebanon. EPA

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for March 14, 2020


  • English
  • Arabic